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Posted inPhilanthropy

How WhatsApp’s reclusive founder quietly became a megadonor to Jewish causes

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA June 15, 2022June 15, 2022
Professor Rabab Abdulhadi of San Francisco State University's Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative (Photo/Courtesy Abdulhadi)
Posted inNews

S.F. State lecturers file union grievances on handling of Palestinian militant talks

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 14, 2022June 15, 2022
After a stint as interim CEO, Joy Sisisky has been appointed CEO of the S.F-based Jewish Community Federation.
Posted inBay Area

Joy Sisisky, Federation’s new CEO, will be 2nd woman leader in org’s history

by Dan Pine June 14, 2022
Left: Gabriel Lehrman at his bar mitzvah. Right: Lehrman more recently.
Posted inBay Area

Two locals are back on their bar mitzvah bimahs as clergy interns

by Emma Goss June 13, 2022June 21, 2022
Lael Gray during her tenure as executive director of the Addison-Penzak JCC. (Photo/file)
Posted inNews

Lael Gray to step down as CEO of Jewish Silicon Valley after two years

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene June 10, 2022June 10, 2022
Danny Wein, chair of the Jewish Pride Fund, attends the LGBTech gala hosted at the British ambassador’s residence, June 6, to kick off Pride Week in Tel Aviv.
(Photo/Courtesy Jewish Pride Fund)
Posted inPhilanthropy

S.F. Jewish Pride Fund gives $56K in grants, visits LGBTQ grantees in Israel

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene June 10, 2022June 13, 2022
Chabad of Almaden's new building. (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inNews

‘Rising from the ashes’: San Jose Chabad secures spacious new building after fire

by Emma Goss June 8, 2022
Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing the formation of the Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Oct. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Newsom's office)
Posted inNews

$36 million on the table for Holocaust survivors in California

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 8, 2022June 8, 2022
Sandra Razieli officiated Teva Goldstein's bat mitzvah in Maui, Dec. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Anna Kim Photography)
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Mazel tov in Maui, courtesy of former East Bay tutor  

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and JTA June 8, 2022June 8, 2022
Chesa Boudin looks on during an election-night event as voters chose to recall him from his position as San Francisco District Attorney, June 7, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Justin Sullivan-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Chesa Boudin recall fight had prominent Jewish backers on both sides

by JTA and J. Staff June 8, 2022June 9, 2022

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